VIENNA, Austria: A Slovakian teenager died Sunday in a snowboarding accident in Austria, police said Monday.
The 17-year-old boy, who was not identified by name, was reported missing Sunday afternoon and was sighted about half an hour later lying at the foot of a cliff in Obertauern in Salzburg, police said in a statement.
The teenager, from the Slovakian capital of Bratislava, showed no signs of life when he was rescued by helicopter, and was later pronounced dead in a nearby valley, a police spokesman said